MORTON  TINSLAR  SELIGMAN

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Rate/Rank
 CAPT
Service Branch
USN 6/1919 - 00/1945
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR
Born
 07/01/1895
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
DECEASED, JULY 9, 1967
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
XO, USS LEXINGTON CV-2
CO, USS C-272
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS (2) 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL 
NAVY CROSS (2) 
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/MINE SWEEPER CLASP 
 
 

Morton Tinslar Seligman

Date of birth: July 1, 1895
Date of death: 9-Jul-67
Place of Birth: Utah, Salt Lake City
Home of record: Salt Lake City Utah

Morton Seligman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1919. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS

Navy Cross


Awarded for actions during the World War I
 

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Morton Tinslar Seligman (NSN: 0-34590), United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. C-272, engaged in the important and hazardous duty of sweeping for and removing the mines of the North Sea Barrage during World War I.

Action Date: World War I

Service: Navy

Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Company: Commanding Officer

Division: U.S.S. C-272

Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret